Don’t be put off by the slight smell of fish as you enter the Reception area. Agreed, not a good start, but it gets better. We had booked late for a weekend in Qingdao and accepted the only available room, regular twin bedded, city view, on the sixth floor. Our flight was delayed and we arrived well after midnight. The... more

Our family (2 adults and two small children) had a wonderful relaxing weekend at this hotel. It is ideally located across from the pier, historic buildings and, the highlight for us...the rocky beach across the street. Yes, thats right, the rocky beach! At low tide you can walk out very far...all around you are tide pools with all manner of... more

five weeks learning Chinese, my wife and me lived in this hotel. Very good accommodation, friendly servants, good food and restaurants, I personally loved the sweets on the desks before the lift! Eckhard Kreier more

Beautiful view of the ocean, Huilan Pavilion, and the lighthouse on Qingdao Bay. The perfect location for sightseeing: 100m to the west is the pier, directly south are the churches and old European buildings, and about 1.5km to the west along the seaside walk is the aquarium and underwater world. There's also upscale shopping nearby on Zhongshan Lu (3 blocks... more

I stayed at the Oceanwide Elite Hotel for the last weekend of the Annnual Beer Festival. The rooms were large and clean, and the staff was very friendly on check-in. The rooms had mainly Chinese language channels, but did have HBO english, and the bathrooms had 2 showers, which was very nice. The beds were rock hard, but that's pretty... more